"He considered it a shame when people couldn't……" — Jess Walter
"He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision."
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38 Quotes by Jess Walter
Jess Walter has 38 quotes on this site.
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You have to do disappointment twice.
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All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history,…
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At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think…
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I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a…
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Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already…
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If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.
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What business does memory have with time?
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Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.
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There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for…
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Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space…
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A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his…
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Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but…
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My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.
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The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
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The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of…
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Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than…
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The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now…
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In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.
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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership…
— Ambrose Bierce
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